تذهیب

See also: تذهيب

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَذْهِيب (taḏhīb, “ornamentation with gold”), verbal noun of ذَهَّبَ (ḏahhaba, “to gild”).

Noun

تذهیب • (tezhib)

  1. gilding, the art or process of applying gold leaf to a surface
    Synonym: یالدزلامه (yaldızlama)

Derived terms

  • تذهیب اسنان (tezhib-i esnan, “aurification”)
  • تذهیب ایتمك (tezhib etmek, “to gild”)
  • تذهیبجی (tezhibci, “gilder”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tezhip

Further reading

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